parenthèse

See also: parenthese

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛz/

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Noun

parenthèse f (plural parenthèses)

1. a parenthesis, a digression
2. either of a pair of round brackets

Derived terms

• entre parenthèses

Further reading

• “parenthèse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.